About the Authors
- Christina Feldmann
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Feldmann, Rashad Zayat
Current address: Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Rashad Zayat
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Feldmann, Rashad Zayat
* E-mail: rzayat@ukaachen.de
Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Andreas Goetzenich
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Ali Aljalloud
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Eva Woelke
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Judith Maas
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Lachmandath Tewarie
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Thomas Schmitz-Rode
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Ruediger Autschbach
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Ulrich Steinseifer
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Ajay Moza
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: CF RZ AM. Data curation: AG AM. Formal analysis: AG RZ LT. Funding acquisition: CF AG. Investigation: CF RZ AA EW LT JM. Methodology: CF US TSR. Project administration: CF AM. Resources: US TSR RA. Supervision: US RA AM. Validation: EW LT JM. Writing – original draft: CF RZ.